Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has asked Slavia Prague winger Mubarak Suleiman to join the U23 team for the second leg of the U23 AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Mubarak was an unused substitute for Nigeria in their 3-1 win over Tanzania in the AFCON qualifiers, but didn’t make the trip to Zanzibar for the reverse tie on Tuesday. He will instead stay with the U23.
The U23 team of Nigeria are bidding to overturn a 0-2 deficit in the second leg of the game on Tuesday at home , and with Brighton and Hove Albion winger Zadok Yohanna going off injured, they were left short on the wings.
Like we exclusively revealed earlier this week, the 19 year old was originally penciled down for the U23 but moved to the Super Eagles due to the injury to Samuel Chukwueze.
He will now be required to help the U23 in their quest to be at the U23 AFCON, which is the qualifiers for the Olympics. The winner of the tie on aggregate qualifies for the final round of qualifiers.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
